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counterfeit

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adjective

coun·​ter·​feit ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌfit How to pronounce counterfeit (audio)
1
: made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive : forged
counterfeit money
a counterfeit diamond
2
a
: insincere, feigned
counterfeit sympathy
counterfeit joy at her friend's engagement
b
: imitation
counterfeit Georgian houses

counterfeit

2 of 3

verb

counterfeited; counterfeiting; counterfeits

transitive verb

: to imitate or feign especially with intent to deceive
also : to make a fraudulent replica of
counterfeiting $20 bills

intransitive verb

1
: to try to deceive by pretense or dissembling
2
: to engage in counterfeiting something of value
counterfeiter noun

counterfeit

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noun

1
: something counterfeit : forgery
The $20 bill turned out to be a counterfeit.
2
: something likely to be mistaken for something of higher value
Pity was a counterfeit of love … Harry Hervey

Synonyms

Adjective

Verb

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for counterfeit

Verb

assume, affect, pretend, simulate, feign, counterfeit, sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance.

assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive.

assumed an air of cheerfulness around the patients

affect implies making a false show of possessing, using, or feeling.

affected an interest in art

pretend implies an overt and sustained false appearance.

pretended that nothing had happened

simulate suggests a close imitation of the appearance of something.

cosmetics that simulate a suntan

feign implies more artful invention than pretend, less specific mimicry than simulate.

feigned sickness

counterfeit implies achieving the highest degree of verisimilitude of any of these words.

an actor counterfeiting drunkenness

sham implies an obvious falseness that fools only the gullible.

shammed a most unconvincing limp

Noun

imposture, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is.

imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine.

their claim of environmental concern is an imposture

fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth.

the diary was exposed as a fraud

sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action.

condemned the election as a sham

fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty.

these jewels are fakes; the real ones are in the vault

humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent.

creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public

counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable.

20-dollar bills that were counterfeits

Example Sentences

Adjective The concert ticket is counterfeit. counterfeit currency that had been passed all over town Verb They were counterfeiting money in his garage. an expert at counterfeiting money Noun the will as well as the other documents turned out to be counterfeits
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Floyd was suspected of passing a counterfeit bill at a nearby grocery store. Gretchen Ehlke, ajc, 25 Aug. 2022 Floyd was suspected of passing a counterfeit bill at a nearby grocery store. CBS News, 25 Aug. 2022 Serova also claimed that producers Edward Cascio and James Porte, who allegedly recorded the songs in 2007 before Jackson's 2009 death from an accidental overdose, knew the songs were counterfeit, according to online records of the 2020 appeal. Angie Orellana Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 In France, courts have recognized the authority of expert panels to destroy works determined to be counterfeit. New York Times, 6 July 2022 Boy scammed at lemonade stand:11-year-old boy scammed after man uses counterfeit $100 bill at lemonade stand, police say Meanwhile on Reddit, an entire thread was created to criticize the drink. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022 Friendship Gas Station employees called police at 12:22 p.m. July 17 and told them someone tried to pay purchases with a $100 counterfeit bill. cleveland, 21 July 2022 The officers had been responding to a call from a convenience store about a counterfeit bill. Daniella Silva, NBC News, 7 July 2022 Among other upcoming events, A Promise to Jordan will also be presenting a program at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18 at the Simsbury Public Library, on counterfeit prescriptions. Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2022
Verb
The card has two high-definition, high-contrast images, making the card much more difficult to counterfeit, according to the DMV. Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 Consumers report rip-offs ranging from sales of nonexistent vehicles, pets and products to counterfeit goods to costly free trial offers. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 8 Dec. 2021 For decades tickets to concerts and events were printed on special thermal paper that were difficult to counterfeit but easy for ticketing companies with specialized printers to print and distribute en masse. Dave Brooks, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2021 This approach is not foolproof to counterfeit the deepfake voices, because if a deepfake offers a convincing speaker similar information, the AVR may fail. Dominic David, Forbes, 10 May 2021 All over the world, AI scientists and engineers have been working to counterfeit deepfake voice attacks and related threats. Dominic David, Forbes, 10 May 2021 Unfortunately, though, the existing federal plans in the United States call for providing those vaccinated merely with a paper document, a decidedly 20th-century approach that would not meet public health needs and that would be easy to counterfeit. Richard H. Thaler, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020 There’s no proof that a foreign adversary is trying to counterfeit ballots. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020 Previously, exported medical products only had to have the certifications in receiving countries, such as the European Union’s CE certification, which could be easily counterfeited in China. Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
Noun
Common tactics include not scanning an item, swapping a cheaper item (bananas) for a more expensive one (steak), scanning counterfeit barcodes attached to their wrists or properly scanning everything and then walking out without paying. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 9 July 2022 Like real life, where taking down a seller on one street corner does not stop them from finding a new location, the fight against online counterfeit has to be broader than one store. Carolina Milanesi, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Nike lawyers allege that this shoe is a counterfeit being sold on the StockX website. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 12 May 2022 Beware of the many counterfeit N95s and KN95s on the market. Aaron Steckelberg, Bonnie Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2022 Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit of this oracular genius, and hence their dangerous attraction for men. Maggie Nelson, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021 One search of the premises yielded a cardboard box containing 4,000 counterfeit Quaaludes. Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021 But don’t order a counterfeit, waste my officer’s time, break the law and misrepresent yourself. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2021 Amaka needed only a perfect counterfeit of a FAKA-style speech, one that people would believe. Wired, 1 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective, Verb, and Noun

Middle English countrefet, from Anglo-French cuntrefeit, from past participle of cuntrefere, contrefaire to imitate, from cuntre- + faire to make, from Latin facere — more at do

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of counterfeit was in the 14th century

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